Enough of the Cold Already!

We went from 80 degrees in Los Angeles on Jan. 2nd to minus 15 degrees in Utah on Jan. 3rd (the lowest we got a picture of was -12).  It's strange going from sandels in the morning to snowboots at the end of the day. Last night in Manooka, IL we took showers at the truck stop and by the time I'd walked back to the truck my hair was frozen and I couldn't get a brush through it until it had thawed!  Then the power went out in our truck around 2am and by 3am the temperature was 12 degrees in the cab. You could see our breath inside the truck. The truck has a weird electrical problem and seems to present itself at the most inopportune times! It drives Shannon crazy because he can't figure out what causes it. The only thing that seems to be constant is that it happens when we've been bobtailing (truck without a trailer attached). But nothing really makes sense.

On Tuesday evening we met up with our good friend Matt for dinner at a truck stop in Las Vegas. Matt and I went through truck driving school together at Watkins. We had a great time talking and eating dinner together. But alas, no Dairy Queen Moolattes were available to us. Matt and I are Moolatte addicts. He was on his way to LA and we were on our way to Illinois. We never seem to run in the same direction. Matt is a uniquely special young man and he's become family to both Shannon and I. I hope to one day introduce him to my family back home.

We have seen some beautiful country the last couple of days so I'm uploading a new set of pictures into the slideshow. I hope you enjoy them.